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As the first country to block access to ChatGPT, Italy accuses the artificial intelligence developed by OpenAI of violating the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Should we expect the blockade in Europe to tighten? France begins to get involved.
It h as already been two weeks since Italy decided to ban access to ChatGPT on its territory. In practice, this is a simple blocking of the domain name in the country, which can easily be circumvented with a VPN, for example. But the substance of the situation bears witness to thisgrowing concerns about artificial intelligence
Italy accuses the OpenAI bot of violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when handling information. The country also believes that the American company does nothing to control the age of users, giving children access to answers “absolutely inappropriate” with ChatGPT. Today, Italy wants OpenAI to take steps to solve its various problems.
Italy’s ultimatum to OpenAI
The GPDP, the equivalent of the CNIL in Italy, was published on April 12
a press release highlighting a number of requests for OpenAI. It is required that the American company does “Proof of Transparency” in the operation of ChatGPT, in particular through the publication of an information notice about how the chatbot processes data. That is also requiredAn age restriction will be introducedto prevent minors from using this technology.
The rather long list of demands also includes the introduction of a number of measures that would make it possible for everyone, including non-ChatGPT users the rectification of their personal data if they have been incorrectly provided by the serviceor even have them deleted if the change is not feasible.
“OpenAI provides easily accessible tools that enable non-users to exercise their right to object to the processing of their personal data relied on to operate the algorithms. Users have the same right if a legitimate interest is chosen as the legal basis for the processing of their data.”specifically explains the document.
Italy gives OpenAI 20 days to respond to these various requestsincluding how the company intends to resolve the issues. Should OpenAI decide not to respond, it would face a fine of up to 20 million dollars.
A complaint from a French MEP
The Italian initiative comes at the same time the filing of an April 13 complaint by French MP Eric Bothorel. The latter chose it Enter the CNIL related to ChatGPT, that he also suspects violations of the GDPR.
To support his complaint, The member presented a discussion using the chatbot, in which it presented him with a whole bunch of false information about his life and political career. “Is it normal for a tool that processes personal data to spread false data about our fellow citizens? Seems problematic to me.”Eric Bothorel in particular explained to AFP.
For its part, the GDPR imposes a principle of accuracy of the data processed, which must be complete and up-to-date. In this context, It’s hard to deny that ChatGPT doesn’t meet this requirement. If these various red flags give European authorities the flea, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence could have a lot to do in the coming months to prove itself.
